DANBURY -- A city man charged with killing his former girlfriend in December 2006 will rely on a psychiatric defense, according to court documents filed recently.

Cordell Lemar Woolfolk, 29, is charged with murder in the stabbing of Adrienne Taylor White, 35, at her Rose Hill Avenue apartment. White had been dating Woolfolk for about a year but broke up with him the night before she was killed, according to members of her family.

In a court document, public defender Jeff Hutcoe said he is going to rely on the "extreme emotional disturbance" defense or a defense that his client has a mental disease or defect.

If a defendant is suffering from extreme emotional disturbance at the time of a killing, he or she can be found guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter instead of murder.

If a defendant is found to have a mental disease or defect, he could be found not guilty based on those findings.

Prosecutor Warren Murray could not be reached for comment. In the past, Murray has said the victim's family is "eager for closure" in the case.

Woolfolk, whose case was on the docket for Wednesday, will have to return to court July 30.